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did any other games have 20 riot cops, 20 security guards and police camera towers?

FMD talk about an over reach and over kill.

Football Australia can get fucked.
 
Glenardo said:
I dare say it’s a safe bet your best showing will be away v Olympic. Hopefully everything aligns on and off the field and there’s a good crowd in. Will try to get there myself.

10 year ago south played away in the Australia cup mid week v palm beach I believe from memory on the Gold Coast. They brought a solid little group who sang all game. That was before the renaissance of the npls. Not many other clubs let alone traditional clubs would have been able to do that
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I can confirm its currently on well over 50 South fans making the away Olympic trip..
 
Beretta said:
0 Away Fans.

all it does it just turn people away from the game.
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I did think that sydney uniteds crowd did seem a bit small compared to what i expected. Did the police scare them off?
 
Glenardo said:
I dare say it’s a safe bet your best showing will be away v Olympic. Hopefully everything aligns on and off the field and there’s a good crowd in. Will try to get there myself.

10 year ago south played away in the Australia cup mid week v palm beach I believe from memory on the Gold Coast. They brought a solid little group who sang all game. That was before the renaissance of the npls. Not many other clubs let alone traditional clubs would have been able to do that
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Myself and a fair handful will be going Olympic away
 
grazorblade said:
I did think that sydney uniteds crowd did seem a bit small compared to what i expected. Did the police scare them off?
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i'd say the crowd was a touch over 2k, there was a packed grandstand, weather wasnt the greatest.

you can just hear the frustration in the crowd regarding the over police presence, - "more cops here than an NRL game to police 1000 people" etc.
 
really that many cops , yeah the cost to travel is insane for us over here in the West to get to the East , there was never going to be any away fans , but if that's true the police presence that's crazy
 
Beretta said:
did any other games have 20 riot cops, 20 security guards and police camera towers?

FMD talk about an over reach and over kill.

Football Australia can get fucked.
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Insulting/irritating as it is...did they have any reason to be there in the end?

If not, at some point the budget has to say "it has proven to be a low risk event" so let's focus elsewhere.

If we are smart enough as fans, we prove the presence costly and unnecessary.

What are the chances of making a head cop Fan #1 for some team or other? If we can find a way to work with the police to stamp out anything we don't want to see, or to support a charity near to their hearts, and we can put a senior copper in a team strip once, we have a chance at changing the perception.

Just thinking and hoping.
 
RIMB said:
Insulting/irritating as it is...did they have any reason to be there in the end?

If not, at some point the budget has to say "it has proven to be a low risk event" so let's focus elsewhere.

If we are smart enough as fans, we prove the presence costly and unnecessary.

What are the chances of making a head cop Fan #1 for some team or other? If we can find a way to work with the police to stamp out anything we don't want to see, or to support a charity near to their hearts, and we can put a senior copper in a team strip once, we have a chance at changing the perception.

Just thinking and hoping.
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maybe police are secretly football fans and want an excuse to come to the games?
 
RIMB said:
Insulting/irritating as it is...did they have any reason to be there in the end?

If not, at some point the budget has to say "it has proven to be a low risk event" so let's focus elsewhere.

If we are smart enough as fans, we prove the presence costly and unnecessary.

What are the chances of making a head cop Fan #1 for some team or other? If we can find a way to work with the police to stamp out anything we don't want to see, or to support a charity near to their hearts, and we can put a senior copper in a team strip once, we have a chance at changing the perception.

Just thinking and hoping.
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Its Bayswater FFS. If it was a Preston or South Melbourne, i'd get some sort of presence, but even that would be an overkill.

FYI - Football Australia dont fork out the police and security costs. They tell the club this is what you are going to have and you need to fork it out.

So the club is probably at a loss today. Each police officer is $150p/h
 
Beretta said:
Its Bayswater FFS. If it was a Preston or South Melbourne, i'd get some sort of presence, but even that would be an overkill.

FYI - Football Australia dont fork out the police and security costs. They tell the club this is what you are going to have and you need to fork it out.

So the club is probably at a loss today. Each police officer is $150p/h
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so you need 14 fans to pay for 1 cop to be their for 2 hours?
 
Beretta said:
i'd say the crowd was a touch over 2k, there was a packed grandstand, weather wasnt the greatest.
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I know some people will disagree, but as I’ve said in the past, the crowd figures for the last season of the nsl are publicly available. After having been subject to 20 years in the wilderness and taking into consideration that this is the second tier not the top flight, if clubs can get comparable crowds in the championship to what they got in their last year in the nsl, that would be an admirable starting point
 
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